Lead Software Engineer - AI

Lead Software Engineer

Kiewit is looking for top talent to join our fast‑paced and innovative Software Delivery Team. We are seeking a highly talented, experienced Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about creating next‑generation construction products and services, leveraging modern software engineering and AI‑enabled development practices. The ideal candidate combines strong architecture and leadership skills with experience using AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.

• Considers the customer’s perspective and experiences when designing systems.
• Leads and participates in the architectural design of features early in the development cycle.
• Produces quality designs that ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, flexibility, and extensibility requirements.
• Leads the team in establishing program specifications and secure coding standards.

• Work with Product Owners to translate roadmap features into manageable components/tasks.
• Champion automated testing and test‑driven development.
• Write and coach the team on clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Utilize AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, Windsurf, or Codeium to accelerate software delivery.
• Establish best practices for AI‑assisted software development, including prompt engineering, code review governance, security validation, and responsible AI usage.
• Drive adoption of AI‑powered development workflows, automated code generation, intelligent testing, and developer productivity tooling.
• Own the full release lifecycle in Azure Dev Ops from maintaining multi‑stage pipeline YAML and environment configurations to executing deployments and validating post‑release health across Azure App Services, Service Bus, and API integrations using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

• Primary technical point of contact for stakeholders.
• Responsible for managing delivery of committed work for the team.
• Mentor junior developers and engineers.
• Champion modern software engineering practices including AI‑enabled development workflows, Dev Sec Ops , and continuous delivery.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging AI engineering tools and platforms.

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related experience.
• 3+ years of Lead/Senior Software Engineering experience.
• 7+ years of experience building software using OOP practices.
• Experience with React.
• Strong understanding of .NET development.
• Experience using AI‑assisted software development tools such as Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, Windsurf, Codeium, or similar platforms.
• Experience incorporating AI‑powered development workflows including code generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and code review.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, AI‑assisted debugging, and developer productivity optimization.
• Experience with SQL Server/Azure SQL and Azure ecosystem services.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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